SIEGEL: Yesterday, a massive tornado, more than a mile wide with winds as strong as 210 miles per hour, touched down in Moore and south Oklahoma City. According to the state medical examiner's office, 24 people are confirmed dead, nine of them children. Seven of those children were at the Plaza Towers Elementary School. Rescue crews are continuing the search for survivors.

BLOCK: President Obama has sent the head of FEMA, Craig Fugate, to oversee the disaster response. And this morning, from the White House, the president promised support.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: The people of Moore should know that their country will remain on the ground there for them, beside them, as long as it takes. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.